Social Sciences Subcommittee
REPORT of APPROVED PROPOSALS
January 2013
I.
MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Business Communication
A. Revise Three Courses
Eff. Term: FALL 2013
1. BUCO-260 Business Communication Across Cultures (2)
Develop intercultural communication competencies, analyze international
business situations, build on/or prepare for GLP and LINC trips, internships
abroad, and international exchange programs.
Revisions
Current
Revised
Catalog
Description
Develop intercultural communication
competencies, analyze international
business situations, build on GLP and
LINC experiences, and/or prepare for
internships abroad and international
exchange programs.
Develop intercultural communication
competencies, analyze international
business situations, build on/or prepare
for GLP and LINC trips, internships
abroad, and international exchange
programs.
Term(s)
Offered
Fall
Fall, Spring
Eff. Term: FALL 2013
2. BUCO-445 Building Oral Communication Expertise (4)
Oral reporting; management briefings; building expertise in persuasive business
presentations, both in-person and via new media channels; emotional intelligence;
personal branding. Recommended preparation: BUAD 302.
Revisions
Current
Revised
Course Title
Oral Communication in Business
Building Oral Communication Expertise
Catalog
Description
Oral reporting; management briefings;
listening; interviewing;conference and
committee leadership; employee
training incommunication; laboratory
cases and simulations.
Oral reporting; management briefings;
building expertise in persuasive business
presentations, both in-person and via new
media channels; emotional intelligence;
personal branding. Recommended
preparation: BUAD 302.
Prerequisite(s) BUAD-302
Recommended
Preparation
BUAD-302
Term(s)
Offered
Fall
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Eff. Term: FALL 2013
3. BUCO-460 International Business Communication (4)
Explore the cultural dynamics and organizational communication models that
contribute to successful business practices in multinational corporations and other
global settings. Recommended preparation: BUAD 302
Revisions
Current
Revised
Catalog
Description
Interpersonal, cultural and
organizational communication skills
needed for international or global
business settings. Recommended
preparation: BUAD 302
Explore the cultural dynamics and
organizational communication models
that contribute to successful business
practices in multinational corporations
and other global settings. Recommended
preparation: BUAD 302
Recommended
Preparation
Term(s)
Offered
BUAD-302
Fall, Spring, Summer
Fall, Spring
Information and Operations Management
A. Revise One Minor
Eff. Term: FALL 2013
1. Business Technology Fusion
IOM-428 and IOM-437 are removed as electives. IOM-462 is added to electives.
II. COLLEGE OF LETTERS, ARTS and SCIENCES
History
A. Create Two Courses
Eff. Term: FALL 2013
1. HIST-383 The Modern Middle East (4)
Survey of major political, economic, and cultural developments in the Middle East
on the basis of documents, literature, and film produced in the region. Cross-listed
as MDES 383. "Duplicates Credit in former HIST-280."
Eff. Term: FALL 2013
2. HIST-454 The World Pirates Made: Piracy and Privateering, 1500-1815 (4)
Research seminar on history of piracy and its role in rise of modern state and
nation. Recommended preparation: HIST 201.
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B. Drop One Course
Eff. Term: SUMMER 2013
1. HIST-280 The Modern Middle East (4)
The interplay of local, regional, and international forces and broad themes in the
history of the Middle East from 1500 to the present. Cross-listed as MDES 280.
International Relations
A. Drop One Course
Eff. Term: SUMMER 2013
1. IR-501 International Relations Theory: Advanced (4)
Examines the specialized nomenclature of international relations and the varied
interpretations of basic concepts of international theory; conceptual analysis and
criticism.
Political Science and International Relations
A. Create Three Courses
Eff. Term: FALL 2013
1. POIR-613 Topics in Quantitative Analysis (4)
Introduces statistical models beyond the standard linear regression model. Topics
include maximum likelihood estimation, generalized linear models, and advanced
methods. Open only to doctoral students.
Eff. Term: FALL 2013
2. POIR-661 International Relations Theory: Advanced (4)
Examination of the specialized nomenclature of international relations and the
varied interpretations of basic concepts of international theory; conceptual
analysis and criticism. Open only to doctoral students. Duplicates credit in former
IR 501.
Eff. Term: FALL 2013
3. POIR-662 Norms in International Relations (4)
Norms structure international relations in political, security, and economic
domains. This seminar assesses major theoretical perspectives and empirical
research on international norms. Open only to doctoral students.
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Psychology
A. Revise One Course
Eff. Term: FALL 2013
1. PSYC-274L Statistics I (4)
Introduction to the use of statistics in psychology: basic ideas in measurement;
frequency distributions; descriptive statistics; concepts and procedures in
statistical inference. Prerequisite: MATH 114. Recommended preparation PSYC
100.
Revisions
Current
Revised
Catalog
Description
Introduction to the use of statistics in
psychology: basic ideasin
measurement; frequency
distributions; descriptive
statistics;concepts and procedures in
statistical inference. Recommended
preparation: PSYC 100, MATH 116.
Introduction to the use of statistics in
psychology: basic ideas in measurement;
frequency distributions; descriptive
statistics; concepts and procedures in
statistical inference. Prerequisite: MATH
114. Recommended preparation PSYC
100.
Lab Hours
00:00
02:00
Prerequisite(s)
MATH-114
Recommended
Preparation
PSYC-100